Bracket for trolley-wire supports



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B. P. RUSSELL. BRAGKET FOR TROLLEY WIRE SUPPORTS, &o. No. 466,956. Patented Jan. 12, 1892.

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EDWARD .P. RUSSELL, OF NEWBUR'YPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRACKET FOR TROLLEY-WIRE SUPPORTS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,956, dated January 12, 1892.

Application filed September 11, 1891. serial No.405 386. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. RUssELL,

' a citizen of the United States, residing atNewburyport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brackets for Trolley-Wire Supports, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in explaining its nature.

It is desirable that trolley-wires and similar electric conductors be supported or held by an adjustable holder or support attached or secured to a post or similar upright in a manner to permit its outer end to be adjusted or moved to any desired level, inclination, or other position for the purpose of varying the level or other position of the trolley or other wire; and my invention relates to a device for carrying this idea into effect. It is represented as embodied in the form of a cast-iron bracket or arm, which is adapted to be secured to a post or other support, and which has cast with it a horizontal socket or hole for receivingthe end of a horizontal pipe or rod, located, preferably, upon the upper surface of the bracket or arm at or near its inner vend, and also has at its outer end a pipe or rod holder or support, which is connected with the outer end of the bracket in a manner to permit it to be moved vertically, horizontally, or to assume any position within a limited range or distance from the end of the bracket and to be locked in such position. The wire is fastened to the outer end of the pipe or rod and the pipe or rod is secured to the socket and holder by locking screws or devices.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation representing the bracket attached to a post. Fig. 2 is a view in section on the dotted line of Fig. 1, and in eleva= tion of parts back of said line. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section enlarged lengthwise cure it to the post B or other support, The

bracket may be extended horizontally to any desired length. It has at its upper inner corner a horizontal socket 0, preferably flaring or enlarged toward its mouth, and a looking or set screw 0' is arranged in the case of the socket to be screwed into it. At the outer end of the bracket-arm there is a rectangular hole 1), formed in the act of casting the bracket, and into this hole a looking or set screw 1) is adapted to be screwed through the outer end 5 of the bracket. This hole 1) receives a spindle e, which carries at its upper end a hollow support or sleeve e, through the upper end of which a set or looking screw e extends. This support a and the socket 0 hold a pipe or rodf, to the outer end f of which is secured the trolley or other wire f The rod or pipef is fastened in the socket c by the locking-screw c, and in the holder 6 by the locking-screw 6 The holder 6 may have any desired adjustment. A vertical adjustment alone will answer for some purposes; but for miscellaneous use it is desirable that the holder have a substantially universal adj ustment in relation to the bracket end. This result I have secured by making the spindle e slightly less in thickness than the width of the hole I), and considerably less in width than the horizontal length of the hole. This permits the spindle to be moved up and down in the hole for the purpose of vertical adj ustment of the pipe or rod and wire. It also permits the spindle and holder to be moved horizontally for the purpose of providing a horizontal adjustment to the rod or pipe and wire, and it also permits the holder to be tipped or inclined and to have a slight turn ing movement upon its vertical axis, due to its loose fit in the hole I). To relieve the locking-screw, which holds it in place after it has largement g, which supports an insulator g By arranging holes g in the various brackets provision is made for stringing a feed or other wire upon the line of the brackets, and there- 5 by utilizing them to sustain the wire, and such wire is secured to the insulators carried in the holes.

It will be understood that the socket c is formed integral with the bracket in casting, [O and that the entire bracket, with the exception of the adjustable end holder and the lockingscrews, is formed in one piece by casting.

I would not be understood as confining myself to the especial mode of attaching the adjustable end support to the bracket specified, as I may use any mechanical equivalent for that described.

The advantage of the invention arises, first, from the cheapness of the construction, and, second, from the ease with which aproper level or position may be obtained for the end of the support which receives and holds the end of the wire, it being understood, of course, thatin the erection of posts and their subsequent use that it is practically impossible to place or maintain posts for the support of a trolley-wire in such an absolutely vertical position that the top of a bracket attached or secured thereto will be always perfectly horizontal, and that, therefore, to provide for this variation from the perpendicular, which changes the level of the bracket, a means for placing and maintaining a support for the ends of the trolley-supporting wire, which 3 5 shall be adjustable in relation to the bracket, is of very material service and advantage.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. As an improved article of manufacture, acast-iron bracket adapted to be secured to a post or other support, and having at or near its inner end a wire-holding rod or pipe receiving and holding socket, and at or near its outer end an adjustable pipe or rod receiver and holder,as and for the purposes described.

2. Abracket for the purposes specified having means for attachment to a post or support, a socket c and locking-screw c and provided with a hole I) at its outer end and a locking-screw b, a rod or pipe holder c, having a spindle c to enter said hole, and the wire holding orsupporting rod or pipe f, extending from the socket through the holderatthe end of the bracket, substantially as described.

3. A bracket of the character specified having at its end the elongated hole I) and a rod or pipe holder having a spindle c, movable in said hole 1 as specified, and means for locking it to the bracket, substantially as described.

4. A bracket of the character specified having at its outer end the hole I), the cross'teeth or notches b in one surface of said hole, and

' the rod or pipe holder having the spindle c,

with notches or recesses c, to lock with the notches or teeth 1) and the locking-screw Z), substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a bracket for supporting a trolley or other wire, of a rod or pipe to which the wire is secured and which is carried by the bracket, and an adjustable rod or pipe-holder, as and for the purposes described.

ED\VARD P. RUSSELL.

In presence of- ASA W. EMERSON, EDWARD F. BARTLETT. 

